Spinturnix americana

Spinturnix americana is a species of mite that parasitizes bat wings. It was described as a new species in 1902 by American entomologist Nathan Banks. Banks initially placed it in the now-defunct genus Pteroptus. The holotype had been collected from a bat in a cave in Indiana.^[1][2] Species that it affects include the little brown bat, northern long-eared bat,^[3] and riparian myotis.^[4] It has been documented affecting bats in Indiana and Pennsylvania in the United States,^[3] Nova Scotia in Canada,^[5] and Mato Grosso in Brazil.^[4]

Spinturnix americana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Mesostigmata
Family:	Spinturnicidae
Genus:	Spinturnix
Species:	S. americana
Binomial name
Spinturnix americana (Banks, 1902)
Synonyms
Pteroptus americanus Banks, 1902[1]